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Filed Feb. 9, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 qAqjilT I %zyf70. I z Z/INVENTORATTORNE 5 Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE TOYCharles J. Bacon, Brooklyn, N. Y., assig nortolThe Spool Cotton Company,NewYork, N. Y.,.a cor;

poration ofNewJersey' I I Application February 9, 1933, Serial-No.655,865 1 3 Claims. (01. 46- 37) This invention relates to a novel andimprovedwhich:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a sheet of material from which the toy may beformed;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the toy as completed;

Fig. 3 is an end view taken from the left-han end of Fig. 1; v

Fig. 4 is a view of a different embodiment but otherwise correspondingto Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3 bu taken from the right-handend of Fig. 4 after the toy is completed;

Fig. 6 is another view corresponding to Fig. 1 but showing still anotherembodiment of the invention;

Fig. '7 is a View corresponding to Fig. 2 and showing the completed toyof Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view on the line 9-9 of Fig. '7;

Fig. 10 is a view of the reverse side of one of the wheel cut-outs.

The invention is particularly intended for the amusement of smallchildren in an inexpensive manner, and with materials which are readilyavailable or obtainable. To that end, it comprises sheet material whichmay be cut or folded into appropriate representations of wheeledvehicles, the wheels being supplied by empty spools on which thread wasoriginally wound.

In Fig. 1, for example, is shown a sheet 1 of cardboard or the likehaving a slot 2 formed therein, this slot following generally thecontour of the back and head of an elephant 3 depicted upon the face ofthe sheet. The elephant is shown as drawing a cart 4 in which is a clown5 driving the elephant by holding on to his tail. Another slot 6 isformed following generally the contour of the clowns cap and connectedto the slot 2 by sheet material along which extends a dotted line '7with appropriate directions to fold here.

In front of the elephant's head is shown a cutout 8 fastened to thesheet at the spaced points 9, at which points the sheet material may bereadily cut or broken to remove the piece 8. Then, when the sheet isfolded along the line '7, the locking tabs A and B may be interlocked,the point 10 of the tab A being received within the slot 11 of the tabB.

When the parts are thus assembled, the result is a pair of spaced folds12 and 13, and these folds have therein openings 14 and 15 over whichare closures 16. These closures may conveniently have on" the facethereof an imitation of a label on the end of a spool of thread, andeach closure maybe detachably held in place over the opening at spacedpoints 17, as indicated. Itwill be seen that each opening 14 and 15 isgenerally circular in form and of more than in extent or slightly lessthan 360. Then when the shield has been folded, or before that'foldinghas taken place, the closures may-be removed and then the openings areso arranged thatthey are in line with each other and a spool 18 may beplaced through these aligned openings. The spool is preferably ofsuch-size as to extend belowthe lower edge 19 of the sheet, as shown inFig. 2, where it will be retained in place by means of the ears 2()formed by the removal of the closure.

The result of the above arrangement is a toy which is pleasing 'tochildren and which is easily made of material readily available. Forexample, sets of toys may be furnished as advertisements for the sale ofthread, and each toy may contain a different picture thereon, thedifferent pictures together being enough to form a circus parade.Preferably, the sheet material is provided with a suitable cut-out orpush-out portion 21 over a hole through which a cordor thread may bepassed, whereby a toy may be drawn along the floor, the spool acting asa pair of wheels.

When the child is playing circus with the toys, the closures 16 may beconveniently used as tokens of admission, and for that purpose theclosure may be provided on its reverse side with a token such asindicated at 22 in Fig. 10. Similarly, the openings may be of differentsizes to accommodate different sizes of spools, and the wheeled vehiclesdepicted on the sheets will, of course, be varied to be appropriate forthe various sizes of wheels. It is well known that spools of thread havedesignations contained on labels on the ends thereof indicating the kindof thread, and since the size of spool varies with the kind of thread,said kinds of thread being wound on certain sizes of spool, the childplaying with the toys will quickly learn what kind of thread it isnecessary to buy to get the size spool needed for any particular toy.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a slightly different embodiment of theinvention. In this case, the sheet has openings 23 and 24 spaced apartso as to indicate a four-wheeled vehicle, and placed in correct relationto that vehicle, which is indicated generally at 25. Here again thesheet is adapted to be folded, as along the line 26, and when folded,the openings 23 and 24 are in line with openings 27 and 28,respectively, each of which is provided with closures as describedabove. In this form, no locking means is shown for fastening the sheetstogether, the spools alone being relied upon for this purpose.

Referring now to Figs. 6, 7, '8, arms, I have shown therein a slightlydifferent form of the invention. In this case, the picture designatedgenerally at 29 is of a chariot with a driver and horse, and the chariotitself, while formed on the sheet 30, is made separately fro'rhthepicture itself and then attached thereto." *For'exampl'e, the part ofthe sheet containing the chariot depicted thereon may besepdrh't'bdfioin the rest of the sheet, as along the lines 30, and. thenfolded, as indicated, to bring the parts 32 and 33 into'parallelrelation to each other, in which position theyare locked by engagementof the tabs C and-D. Openings 34 and 35 areiprovided covered withdetachable closuresas before, and when the folding has taken placeasdescribed above, these openings-are in alignment so-as to receive aspool 18. A suitable tab A on the sheet 30 may be inserted in theopeningsdesignated B to fasten the chariot to the combined horse andrider. The toy in this embodiment is therefore made up'of two sheets,one of which with one or more spools would indicate a vehicle, and theother sheet, which can be detachably. secured thereto, would indicate orrepresent objects which are appropriately associated with the vehicle.

From the above descriptiomit will be seen that the-invention-is onewhichmay be embodied in a variety of forms, some of which have beenshown herein but others of which will readily suggest themselves tothose skilled in the art. For example, while theinvention has been shownin connection with animal-drawn vehicles and with automobiles, it may beapplied to pictures or imitations of any other wheeled vehicle, as, forexample, railroad trains or any other device having wheels. Therefore Ido not intend to limit myself by the embodiments which I have shown anddescribed, but only by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy blank of sheet material having a wheeled vehicledepictedthereon and anopening disposed in a place where a wheel of saidvehicle should appear in the picture, said opening being of a size toloosely receive a thread spool therein whereby such a spool may act as awheel for the toy, and an easily separable closure connectedto'saidsheet-and'closing said opening, said closure having on the frontside thereof a label corresponding to the label on the end of a spool ofthread.

2. A toy formed of sheet material and having parts adapted to be foldedalong indicated lines, saidparts when so folded having aligned openingstherein of generally circular form and adapted to receive athread spooltherethrough, one of said folds having thereon a picture of a wheeledvehicle so arranged with respect to one of said openings that the spoolin that opening appears as a wheel of said vehicle, and means fordetachably holding such -a spoolin position in said aligned openings.

3. A toy of sheet material having a wheeled vehicle depicted thereon andan opening disposed in aplace where'a wheel of said vehicle shouldappear in the .picture, said opening'being of a size to loosely receivea'thread spool therein whereby said spool-m'ay act 'as a wheel for thetoy and also being more than 180 in extent, whereby said spoolmay beforced into the opening and loosely held therein by the sheet material,in all positions of the toy.

CHARLES J. BACON.

